Consumer Council appointment delay questioned

The Labour Party yesterday called on the government yesterday to explain why the Consumer Affairs Council was only reappointed last week after a year-long hiatus.

PL spokesman for consumer rights Silvio Parnis also called on Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi to fulfil a promise he had made to transform the National Euro Conversion Committee into a consumer-protection authority.

At a time when Maltese consumers were facing record cost-of-living increases, the urgency for such agency was more important than ever before, the Labour spokesman said.